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Bygones be bygones. Doctors advise that letting go of anger is good for your. Health. So what better way to start your Bank Holiday Monday morning than letting go of your anger with us here . Nice deep breath. What have you been angry about . Everything. Angry about everything. Pretty much most of the time. But, you know, weve got a lot in the show today. Weve got a lot of light and shade. Have you bacon butty . Have you a cup of coffee . And stay with us. And also let us know what youre doing on this bank holiday weekend. I was surprised you could even get here on a train today. Well, there was a train strike, but for some reason my specific route was unaffected. So thank you. The Bank Holidays got off to a great start. So yeah, happy days. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Gbnews. Com yoursay first though, the very latest News Headlines with Aaron Armstrong. Hi there. Its Aaron Armstrong here at 932 in the gb newsroom. Rishi sunak has admitted the tories may not win the next general election after their local election defeats. The Prime Minister believes the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament and, says labour could be the largest party. But voters wont want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp. Rishi sunak has described the local Election Results as bitterly disappointing, Election Results as bitterly disappointing , the conservatives disappointing, the conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands, but womens minister Maria Caulfield has told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. For months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour. And actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done , the drilling down on those done, the drilling down on those numbers, its between 7 to 9 points. And what were actually looking at is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. John swinney is likely to be confirmed as the next leader of the snp today after a potential challenger pulled out late last night. Veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormack is now endorsed john swinney to become scotlands next first minister. It leaves. Mr swinney is the only official candidate after humza yousaf announced he was stepping down last week. Hes stepping down last week. Hes said to be the elected leader of the snp when nominations close at midday. Palestinians have been told to evacuate rafah in Southern Gaza, as the Israeli Military prepares for a ground offensive. Israels military says its told up to 100,000 residents in the east of the to city evacuate, claiming its part of a limited scope operation rather than a full scale ground assault. It comes after ceasefire talks with hamas collapsed over the weekend. Well, the idf says its encouraging palestinians to move to an expanded humanitarian zone. However, people are moved to those areas, are being told its safer. The Israeli Military has cautioned hamas is known to fire from such places. Its addedit fire from such places. Its added it was not setting a time frame for the rafah evacuation, but would make operational assessments. Thats it. You can assessments. Thats it. You can get more on all of our stories by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com alerts. That is it for the moment. Ill be back with more at the top of the hour. Greg good morning. Its 934 Bank Holiday Monday. I would rather be here with you than at home. Absolutely. Having a houday home. Absolutely. Having a holiday day. So let us know what youre doing this morning. Gbnews. Com yoursay now, its been a devastating weekend. If you werent aware, for Prime Minister rishi sunak, awful local Election Results for the conservatives while labours sadiq khan has been voted in again as london mayor and former tory West Midlands mayor andy street unbelievably lost his post as well. Who votes for sadiq khan, who genuinely feels that london is a better place now than it was six years ago . I dont understand it. Well, if you thought things couldnt get much worse, listen to what the former home secretary, Suella Braverman, has subsequently had to say. Subsequently had to say. The Prime Minister is going to be leading us into the next general election, whether we like it or not. What he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem. These terrible results and quickly and urgently change course. So to make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from, put a cap now. Rishi sunak he admits his party may not win a general election this year , claims that election this year, claims that the uk is heading for a Hung Parliament. So joining us now in the studio to dissect all of this is political commentator and founder of the Pr Firm Bell Pottinger piers pottinger and our very own political correspondent, katherine forster. Catherine, good morning. Well start with you. Is rishi sunak being a bit too optimistic here, saying that were going to get a Hung Parliament . Is he just trying to breathe a bit of life back into the redundant tories, possibly , possibly. And its quite something isnt it, when a sitting Prime Minister says that a Hung Parliament, when thats their sort of best case scenario, but i think they are scouring around after this horrendous weekend that they had and looking for very tiny crumbs of comfort. Ben very tiny crumbs of comfort. Ben houchen, surviving in tees valley was one, and another was this poll that came out which put labour only nine points ahead of the conservatives. Now, beanng ahead of the conservatives. Now, bearing in mind most of the polling puts labour 20 points ahead. This, of course, they have latched on to and theyve said, look, we might be looking at a Hung Parliament. And of course, the reason that theyre doing this is , is to send a doing this is, is to send a message that to conservative voters, its not necessarily a given that theres going to be a huge labour majority. Therefore, youll find to just sit on your hands because youre very cross with us or go and vote for a form because youre very cross with us, so i think its helpful for him to sort of paint that picture. And i think worth saying, of course, that you cant you know, the 9 is if people voted in that way in a general election and, and that is assuming that the nationalist vote in scotland, which of course, had no elections this time and wales stayed the same as 2019, now were pretty sure, arent we, that the snp are going to lose potentially quite a lot of seats to labour and also in local elections. People do flirt with smaller parties. The lib dems did well, the greens did well, reform, etc. Whereas in a general election they tend to vote a bit. I voted for the greens in the last locals because i was being a massive nimby about some development, but id never voted for them nationally. So there you go. Good example piers, youve been involved in in dozens of elections. Its quite unusual at this point to hear the sitting Prime Minister come out and say, we may not win this election. Normally, there is a positivity , normally, there is a positivity, a sort of i think actually sometimes it doesnt land with the public. But this idea that you just have to be toeing the party line, im quite. I find his honesty in this quite refreshing. Refreshing. Well, honesty, yes, maybe. I mean, he is a man of integrity and hes an intelligent man. But he seems to not have much political nous and certainly no ability to communicate any viable policies to the electorate. As these results showed. But hes also clinging showed. But hes also clinging on to the extrapolation by professor thrasher that therell be a Hung Parliament now, his figures by his own admission, dont include scotland, for example , where the snp will example, where the snp will likely get sorry. The labour likely get sorry. The labour party will wipe out the snp, who are in even more disarray, of course, than anywhere else. And course, than anywhere else. And there were crumbs of comfort actually , as Andrew Pierce actually, as Andrew Pierce pointed out, Angela Rayners constituency. Shes only got a majority of just over 4000. And with the gaza vote around her, she must be very nervous. So, and also, again, the british people tend to vote against things rather than for things. And these elections show that everyone was voting against conservative, not necessarily for starmer, whose policies are still no one knows whose what policies they are. He talks in utopia in terms about were going to make the National Health service better. Going to make the National Health service better. Were going to give every child an excellent teacher. This is all pie in the sky, and hes got no idea how hes going to pay for all this. Well, there were more than 40 councillors who won their seats playing on the gaza issue. Exactly. And thats very worrying for labour, because George Galloway is targeting Andrew Angela rayner seat, for example, and others. So it may not be plain sailing, but personally and obviously to, i think just about everyone in the country, its game over for the conservatives. Labour are going to sweep to victory. Its a question then of how long they last before the electorate wake up to the catastrophic voting theyve just done, and brought in a government who , who, whose in a government who, who, whose policies such as they are. If you look at the fine print, which you always have to do, particularly with the labour party, are really, really Dangerous Things theyre planning to do without any real idea how theyre going to pay for it. As i keep saying, hey, what do you make of these calls from one nation tories . Some might call them tory wets. Yeah. For example, mark harper. Yeah. Andy street, even in his, his announcement, his defeat, yesterday or saturday, he was saying do not lurch to the right. Warning, warning. Do not lurch to the right. Its not an election winner. Well, it is actually, because, the Centre Ground has proved not to be an election winner. And when youve got winner. And when youve got a chancellor like jeremy hunt, whos a committed remainer and doesnt give much thought to his future because hes got a safe job in the city, im sure lined up and hes not going to ever run as leader because hed never be leader. And youve got people in the centre of the conservative party who have caused this and to pretend that its a vote winner when youve just lost. I its a vote winner when youve just lost. I mean, im sorry, thatis just lost. I mean, im sorry, that is just crazy. Doesnt that just personify the conservative party of recent years . They just dont seem to get it. I say we can wake up. Theres something wrong with their heads where they just dont get it. Its obvious to everyone else youre in the most important. Theyre not listening. They are not listening to what people want and what people need to heat want and what people need to hear. But but Suella Braverman who . Im not her biggest fan by any means. But she is right. Its no good producing a raft of announcements. People need to see something tangible and theres no point forjeremy hunt to tweak at the tax around the edges. Its got to be significant. Theyve got to be real, tangible progress because after all these years in government, the conservatives do look very tired, very poor. And this is certainly not the a team. And i think after the general election , we need a general election, we need a complete clear out of the of this lot. And we need to find this lot. And we need to find someone with political vision, someone with political vision, someone whos got principles, values and some idea about how theyre going to transform the prosperity of this country. Nigel farage, he is the obvious man. He is without a doubt the most popular, genuine politician in this country and one of the few people with vision, whatever your views on him, hes got vision, he has principles. He has values and hes very good at communicating them. The tories communicating them. The tories would love him, im sure. Yeah, catherine, im fascinated as well in terms of what happened with the Mayoral Elections, not just in london but in manchester. Andy burnham sweeps the board again and listening to those descriptions, there from peers of what makes a good politician, andy burnham, actually has a lot of those qualities. He communicates very well with the people. Hes very well with the people. Hes very well liked across all the, political spectrum. In london, of course, sadiq khan won , but of course, sadiq khan won, but without the convincing victory that he thought he might get about a quarter of a million votes more than, susan hall. Votes more than, susan hall. Susan halls face on that lectern said it all, didnt it . She was clearly seething that she didnt get the support of the conservative party. And rishi sunak has pretty much admitted he didnt vote for her, did he . Did he . Yes. He voted, from his constituency home in richmond for in the Mayoral Election for york and North Yorkshire , but york and North Yorkshire, but not down here. So he chose that one. And there is a huge amount of bad blood down in london between the conservative campaign for susan hall and labour sadiq khan, and also a lot of ill feeling from susan halls team that basically they werent given the support from cchq, she was not the preferred candidate. It was a strange sort of circle of events that led to her ending up in that position. They pretty much didnt think she had much hope. They didnt put the backing behind her, so i think they feel her team feel, you know, look what we might have done if wed had a bit of support. Shes right, isnt she, pierce . Absolutely right. Yes. I mean, susan hall, i think is a perfectly nice woman, but she wasnt a stunning candidate. And there were opportunities here and just think what a fillip it would have been if wed defeated. Sorry we, most sensible people, i mean, by we defeated the dreadful sadiq khan, and he was there to be beaten. And yes, for the second time, incidentally, the last Mayoral Election , the central Mayoral Election, the Central Office did the same thing, picked a candidate who no one really knew or rated, who was a perfectly decent chap, and they gave it no support , no backing. Gave it no support, no backing. Shaun bailey. Yeah. Shaun bailey. Yeah. And it didnt work. And you know, look, boris became the mayor. He then became Prime Minister. Its a great stepping stone. The obvious candidate would have been penny mordaunt, whos going to lose her seat at the next election based on the recent one. Penny mordaunt, for example, would have could have become mayor, would have been a popular choice and i reckon could have beaten sadiq khan with the proper support. And i with the proper support. And i think susan halls team are right to feel a bit bitter about the lack of support. I mean, there was none, really. Yeah. Good point. And yeah, as bev was alluding to earlier, i just l, was alluding to earlier, i just i, ive not met anybody in london whos admitted to voting for sadiq khan. I just wonder who is voting for him. Well, i think count binface he got 24,000 votes and that says something when he didnt even come last. So when the silliest candidate does that well, it shows some things amiss. Yeah, right. Thank you both. Yeah, right. Thank you both. Keep your thoughts coming this morning. Gbnews. Com yoursay we will be looking at them during this quick break. But next. Yes. Up next single sex lose. Theyre going to be required in all new restaurants and offices under new government plans. This is rishi sunak allegedly lurching to the right. What do you think about that us. 949. Youre with ben and bev on britains newsroom. On gb news now. New government plans have confirmed single sex loos are required in all new restaurants and offices. So Kemi Badenoch, the women in women and equalities minister says these mixed sex toilet spaces deny privacy and dignity to both men and women. So is it long overdue . Political commentator piers pottinger is still with us in the studio, people in our inbox this morning, piers are saying if this is what the tories have got to win the election, then they are taking the proverbial in a way that is rather appropriate to this story. Is this all theyve got . Well i must admit, theyve got . Well i must admit, the timing of this announcement seems to me a little again, it shows how they they dont really understand when and how to make major announcements, but at least its a step in the right direction. I believe. I mean, i think i believe. I mean, i think most people thought whoever came up with this unisex lavatory idea in the first place must be mad. I think you were saying, bev. Its for more economic purposes, isnt it . I think its more about profit , this issue. Because if profit, this issue. Because if youre building a new office block, it was cheaper to just put in one block of toilets rather than two. Well, here gbnews we have mixed toilet space. I gbnews we have mixed toilet space. I hate it, we all dont like it, do we . None of us are particularly pleased with having to share a cubicle next to your boss, maybe. Or even your co presenter. No offence, but actually i can see how it works for the building in terms of profit. And i think my, my suspicion with this is that the rules, rule change will mean we wont get toilets with lots of cubicles where you come out and wash your hands. So we might have six toilets, we might have three toilets. Then between individual more like wed see with the disabled loo individual ones, because those are still allowed arent they. Yes. Yes. And that for people who identify as a different gender from their one, they were born, and fair enough. I mean, but, no, its just, i mean, the fact were spending so much time discussing this seems to me madness. I mean, its really very simple. And i think this is very simple. And i think this is a straightforward announcement. I think itll be welcomed by. But certainly every conservative voter will welcome this. And of course, it is a little bit of Kemi Badenoch trying to show that shes moving away from the wokery and trying to begin to set herself up to be the next leader after the election. And shes the clear favourite to be the next leader of the conservative party. But again, isnt this just all too little, too late . Why didnt they do this years ago . Well of course, why are they so reactive . Reactive . Well, why didnt they stand up to wokery . I mean, the irony is that britain has become more woke than ever before under a conservative government, and they no one has been brave enough to say, look, common sense says this is rubbish. Nonsense. Lets not do x or y. It doesnt make any sense. And theyre too afraid. Everyones got into this victim. Im so easily offended. Culture. I mean, lets get on with life and lets concentrate on the major issues rather than stuff like this, which is quite frankly, it should be an absolute given. Its a simple thing, but i do think its unfortunate they announced it the day after bad results, because as it does look like, oh, were grasping at straws to here try and win some favorability. And anyway , its favorability. And anyway, its insignificant because by the time the election comes, probably in the end of november, because they theyll wait till the very last minute clinging on and hoping for a miracle of some kind that they will they not have Something Special to deliver in the autumn statement. Perhaps, but well have lots and lots of announcements. But i mean, again, as Suella Braverman said, they can make all the announcements they want, but is it going to actually make any difference . Real difference to the average voter before the next election . And the answer is they dont have time for that. They dont have time for that. Its just not going to work. So im afraid to say, you know, he was going to have a july election and theyve decided to scrap that because, like any Prime Minister they dont want to give up the job because there isnt a better one. And so hes clinging on till november in the hope and talking about the Hung Parliament nonsense. And then because it wont be, but also, hoping above hope that somehow therell be something will happen to the labour party that will have a disastrous effect on it. Now, that could still happen, but i mean, we dont know what that is and its not in the control of the conservatives. You never know about the muslim vote that could escalate. It could really get out of control, depending. Absolutely. In gaza. I mean, its amazing that issues thousands of miles away are affecting our own politics here. You know, its a bit mad you make of this. Oh, weve got to go, pierce. We could have. I was going to ask you what you make of this muslim councillor shouting allahu akbar. When he won. But i think i know what you think about that. But we will be getting on to that in the rest of the show, dont go anywhere. Were going to be marking the fact that its one year today since King Charless coronation do you remember it fondly . This is britains newsroom on gb news. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Looking ahead to the new week , after a ahead to the new week, after a mixed start to the week, it does turn drier and brighter as we head towards wednesday and thursday, but out there at the moment for this Bank Holiday Monday morning, weve got some fairly heavy rain across parts of south east england and it will linger here through much of the day. Also quite cloudy across parts of scotland and northern ireland, with some outbreaks of rain here too. In between. A brighter zone but we will see a few showers develop and some of these showers could potentially be on the heavy side. But in the sunshine, highs reaching around 18 or 19 degrees but feeling quite cool along some eastern seaboards of scotland and Northern England into this evening, a lot of the showers gradually fade in away, and also the area of rain across south east england just moving off towards the continent , so off towards the continent, so that will allow a dry end to the night for many, with some clearer skies, but this central zone remaining quite cloudy with some further outbreaks of rain. But in the clearer skies a cooler night than of late could see lows falling down to about 2 to 3 degrees in the countryside. So Tuesday Morning we start off fairly sunny across parts of northern ireland. Also eastern england. Watch out for a little bit of mist and fog here, though. Elsewhere a bit of a dull start, but im optimistic the cloud will break up a little bit, especially across more southern parts of the country. But we will see again a scattering of showers, but it will be fewer and further between compared to today in the sunshine. Highs reaching 1819, possibly even 20 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Its 10 am. On monday, the 6th of may. A Bank Holiday Monday. Of course. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and ben leo instead of Andrew Pierce. Very good morning to you. And happy bank holiday. Coming up on the show, rishi sunak has said the show, rishi sunak has said the country is heading towards a Hung Parliament after poor local Election Results because it is right for the region. He needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem, these terrible results and quickly and urgently change course. Couise. Course. That was former home secretary, of course, Suella Braverman giving her supportive advice to the Prime Minister following disappointing and local Mayoral Elections this weekend. I bet he was delighted to hear that. To hear that. Text me dont call. A new poll shows a quarter of gen z aged brits have never answered their phones , and they prefer their phones, and they prefer texts or voice notes. Unbeliev all british youngster lando norris has won the formula one miami grand prix. Its his first ever victory in the sport after a string of podiums and near misses. So a victory for britain. Good lad. Were taking it as a british victory anyway. Well just. Hes a brit. Hes from bristol. Hes 24 years old. Hes. Hes not a rookie, lets say that. But hes been in the sport a few years. But hes its everyones so happy for him because hes had a string of second places, third places and he never could quite clinch that victory. But hes done it. And i was saying to bev earlier, i was watching his dad speak earlier about how proud he was and happy he was that his son had finally done it. And yeah, it was just really special. I really enjoyed it. Its a feel good bank houday it. Its a feel Good Bank Holiday story. Absolutely. Let us know what youre doing today. Gbnews. Com yoursay first at the very latest news with Aaron Armstrong. Very good morning to you. Its a minute past ten im Aaron Armstrong. Rishi sunak has admitted the tories may not win the general election after huge defeats in local elections. The defeats in local elections. The Prime Minister believes the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament, with labour as the largest party, and says voters wont want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp. Rishi sunak described the local Election Results as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands , but womens West Midlands, but womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. Polls suggest. For months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour and actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done, the drilling down on those numbers, its between 7 to 9 points. And what were actually looking for is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. However, chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, says rishi sunaks interpretation of these results is incorrect. Local elections are not a good predictor of general elections. If you just look at the overall vote share, which is what he seems to have done, for example, very small parties tend to do far better in local elections. Independents tend to do better. And if you look at do better. And if you look at the places where labour won, where labour picked up support, it was in those constituencies that labour will need in order to deliver a majority Labour Government. So im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. He should be listening to that message to actually give people the chance for change. John swinney is likely to be confirmed as the next leader of the snp today, after a potential challenger pulled out late last night. Veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormack has now endorsed mr swinney to become scotlands next first minister. Hes the only candidate the only official candidate to replace humza yousaf, who announced he was stepping down last week. Nominations close at midday. Palestinians have been told to evacuate rafah in Southern Gaza as the Israeli Military prepares for a ground offensive. Israel says 100,000 residents in the east of the city have been ordered to leave, claiming its part of a limited scope operation rather than a full scale assault. It comes after ceasefire talks with hamas collapsed over the weekend. Now, collapsed over the weekend. Now, the Israeli Military says its encouraging palestinians to move to an expanded humanitarian zone where aid will be available. The uk and other countries, though, have warned israel against an operation in rafah. The un says operation in rafah. The un says the consequences would be devastating for some 1. 4 Million People. A Royal Navy Patrol ship has dealt a huge blow to south American Drug traffickers , American Drug traffickers, seizing half £1 billion in cocaine in just five months. In the latest bust, hms trent intercepted and seized £204 million of the class a drug following the pursuit of a vessel in the caribbean sea. The uk ministry of defence says the actions of the patrol ship have severely impacted the worldwide trading cocaine, as the crew of the vessel has now stopped £511 million worth of drugs reaching the streets of britain and other countries. The archbishop of canterbury has paid tribute to the kings sense of duty after his return to public duties, following his cancer diagnosis. Justin welby says the kings transparency with his condition showed his willingness to support others. A welbys support others. A welbys comments come on the First Anniversary of the coronation he added that crowning the king was the privilege of his lifetime. The privilege of his lifetime. Gun salutes will be heard across the capital later in celebration of the kings coronation, with 41 volleys fired at noon by the kings troop, royal horse artillery and rail passengers are facing a week of disruption because of strikes by train drivers across some parts of the country. Members of the aslef union, at 16 operators, have launched a six day ban on overtime, which is expected to cause short notice cancellations. Theyll also stage three one day strikes across different operators between tomorrow and thursday. Its all part of a long running dispute over pay. No talks have been held between the union and train operators for more than a year. Train operators for more than a year. Sign up train operators for more than a year. Sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or you can go to our website for more details. Now it is back to ben and. Bev. Is back to ben and. Bev. Hello. Welcome back. Its 1006. Youre with ben and bev on britains newsroom on this monDay Bank Holiday. Tell us what youre up to today. By the way, im keen to know what youre all doing. Aside from watching us. Of course, im sure you have lots of plans for later today. And if you go out the house, you can put us on the radio. Remember that. Thats the beauty of gb news. Well, theres lots of gb news. Well, theres lots of things are great about gb news, obviously, but, you are our most important asset. And youll be getting in touch this morning. And paula said, as sunak had missed the turn out to vote in the recent local election, was extremely poor below 30 in some areas. People that normally vote tory have had enough of their antics. They just couldnt be bothered to leave the house. Sunak is deluded if he thinks this will get voters moving by holding off a general election until deep into the winter, even less voters will turn out then. Im afraid the tories are in for a bigger defeat than they realise as voter apathy. And i do wonder whether with the election, particularly if youre a londoner and kahne got in and you dislike his policies and as much as i do, you are going to be more galvanised because you think, i cant, cant have this again at the next at the general election. So you think it might be a different story come the general election . I think the results this weekend, a warning shot. Yeah. Okay. A warning shot against those who didnt bother to vote. I think that when people come to the ballot box who were thinking of voting reform, theyve seen whats happened over this weekend. Yeah, and they will say, im going to have to hold my nose here and give the tories one last chance, because when the prospect and the reality of a socialist Labour Government nears ever closer. Yeah. And comes knocking on your door , what are you going on your door, what are you going to do . The green vote collapsing was interesting as well for me. And sharon has said, why are the green parties silent on the anfics green parties silent on the antics of the Green Party Council and his team in leeds . Now this is , this guy who, i now this is, this guy who, i dont think weve got a picture of him, but this is the guy who who won was shouting allahu akban who won was shouting allahu akbar, was saying, this is for the people of gaza with the green representative behind him clapping. And im thinking , im clapping. And im thinking, im not sure hes bothered about the environment to be fair, im not im not sure that was the top of his list. Hes he stood on a ticket. He said, this is for the Palestinian People like you representing leeds. Go and sort out the bin collection. Thats a real street. Lights and the potholes. Im sorry. I said on twitter. Youve not got a hotline to netanyahu all of a sudden, mate . Sudden, mate . Well, ive said previously, this situation with gaza affecting our politics here, why why does anyone vote here based on something thats going on in gaza, israel, even if the labour party came out and gave you everything they wanted, i think the muslim vote made a list of 18 demands today of keir starmer before they would endorse him for the election, Something Holding him to ransom. Whats the point . As if the labour party or the conservatives are going to do anything here to affect whats going on in gaza . You think Benjamin Netanyahu is going to be listening to keir starmer or rishi sunak . Theyre starmer or rishi sunak . Theyre going to be doing what they feel is right to protect their country. Absolutely and a lot of you getting in touch on the issue of single sex loos and saying that actually this is something that youve wanted for a long time. Pollyanna said. Safe spaces are not in place just for women. Men need their safe spaces, too. Yeah. So yeah, keep your messages. As you know, at home, our toilets here gbnews quite infamously, are shared sex spaces, and that wasnt a choice of the channel. This is a building that we moved into. Yeah. Were not were not massive hypocrites. Or maybe some people are, i dont know, but i feel very uncomfortable walking into a toilet and seeing a woman even just washing her hands. It makes me feel a bit weird. I dont know why weird. But yeah, were all grown ups and we get on with it. And you do have some interesting conversations by the sinks, but i for me, its about schools primarily. Weve got girls who are saying that they they just dont go to the loo all day at school because there might be a boy in the next. Terrible. That is awful. And also, im a big fan, actually, of nightclubs and night time venues having separate loos, because when youve got daughters going out and you just you want them to think and also ill say this, its probably a bit early in the morning for it, but womens loos generally, im told, are just a lot cleaner and more hygienic than than blokes. So there we go. So there we go. So there we go. Right. Is it time for, its time up for Prime Minister rishi sunak . Its been a terrible weekend for him. Yeah. First of all, on saturday, sadiq khan won his third term as mayor, despite all the conjecture, of course, that susan hall would run him very, very close. It didnt happen. But take a listen to this. Its londoners who inspire me every day to continue our mission of building a fairer, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change, a future Labour Government led by keir starmer, working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And just a few hours later, conservative andy street lost the West Midlands mayoralty, he had been expected to retain that. He lost to labours Richard Parker by just 1508 votes. Yeah, i think if reform were they involved in that vote, i think i remember reading, i need to check if reform werent there, he would have won it, no problem. And now, of course, the Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, she called, sir keir starmer. She said that he had the personality of a peanut. And talking about rishi sunak, he said that he must change his political course to remain in power as theres no time to change tory leader. So lets hear from kevin schofield, now Political Editor of the huff post, for your thoughts. Kevin, good morning, what Suella Braverman up to is she positioning herself as a potential leader of the conservatives this week . Conservatives this week . Oh, without a doubt. You know, she will be in the mix, after the election, when im sure the conservatives lose and therell be a new, conservative leader, a contest for it. At least shell be in the mix along with, Kemi Badenoch, penny mordaunt, priti patel, Robert Jenrick obe a list as long as your arm. So, yeah, shes getting in early and setting her pitch out for, the right of the party to get the support of the right of the party because shes right. Its too late now to change, leader. I think even, tory mps who are opposed to rishi sunak appreciate that with six months to go, probably till an election, it would be a bit daft now to, to change leader. So they are stuck with them. So the best they can do is try to get them to change and tack on various policies. But the problem there is hes changed tack so many times already, you know, with policy relaunches and all sorts of, attempts to try and shift the political dial. And nothing seems to be working because i think voters have already made up their minds. Well, kevin, some would argue that he could do a good job by committing to get rid of the conservative partys one nation tories or the wets, as they called mark harper, the transport secretary. He was warning rishi sunak this morning not to lurch to the right, saying that his plan was working. That defeated mayor in West Midlands andy street. One West Midlands andy street. One of the first things he said in his speech after being whacked by labour was the tories must not drift to the right. These people, members would argue, need to go back to the liberal democrats before the conservatives have any hope of winning an election again. Winning an election again. I mean, if you look through history, though, i mean, most parties only when they come from the centre, whether that be the centre right or the centre left , centre right or the centre left, most i think voters are pretty middle ground, are neither right wing or left wing , and i think wing or left wing, and i think andy streets got a point there. I mean, he was very unlucky, to lose by 1500 votes. He came so close to a third term, which would have pretty much bucked the trend. I mean, the only other, bright spot for the conservatives on thursday was ben houchen winning and the tees valley. And he managed to win. Really by pretending not to be a conservative and certainly keeping rishi sunak at arms length. He didnt even wear a blue rosette on the on the stage when he was elected or re elected. So. So yeah, i think theres major lessons for the conservatives to learn. But i think if they were, you know, to take Suella Bravermans advice and move off to the right now, then i think that would probably make things even worse for them, kevin, who voted for sadiq khan , kevin, who voted for sadiq khan, quite a lot of people, clearly, but who are won by 200. It won by 200,000 votes. So, i mean, you might not be happy about that, but you cant deny hes got a mandate again. I mean, the conservatives were left with a lot of egg on their face. I think on friday night there were some people within cchq who were briefing that susan hall was was going to win, labour were as well, kevin. No, i was i was just about to say, to be fair, even even labour were i know that for a fact. Labour sadiq khans Campaign Team were also briefing that it was going to be very close. But who . Kevin who voted for him . Who feels better in london now than they did six years ago . Safer that you can get around and that the streets are clean. And this city is in a diabolical condition at the moment. Whos voting for him . Well, i think if the conservatives have put up a better candidate than susan hall, then i think things might have been a lot closer. I mean , have been a lot closer. I mean, this is, you know, london is traditionally a labour city, but bofis traditionally a labour city, but Boris Johnson won twice because he was a convincing candidate. People liked him, and he defeated ken livingstone. So defeated ken livingstone. So i think sadiq khan was definitely vulnerable. You know , going for vulnerable. You know, going for a third term when youve been in power for such a long time, inevitably youre going to have made mistakes. Youll have annoyed a lot of people. People generally like a change. You know, once theyve once a politician has been in power for quite a long time. People just think, you know what, its time to give someone else a go. So they look at the conservatives as the alternative, and they look at susan hall and the you know, pretty less than convincing interviews that she gave a pretty lacklustre campaign. And they think, well, you know , i might just hold my you know, i might just hold my nose and in that case and vote for sadiq khan. So i think the conservatives have got serious questions to answer , as well as questions to answer, as well as to why they couldnt have come up with a better candidate than susan hall. I thought reform would do better in london than they did. I thought howard cox would have got more votes in the london area. Why did that not translate into more of a success, do you think, kevin . I mean, i think a lot is to do with your ground game. You know, if youve got many people out on the doors knocking up and getting people out to the polling station, you know, for smaller parties, its very difficult indeed to have that, especially in a big city like like london, to have the Critical Mass of volunteers and activists to get out , handing activists to get out, handing out leaflets, campaigning, all that type of stuff, really, really matters. And clearly labour have got a big election machine in london. So yeah, i think thats probably it makes it much more difficult for, for smaller parties to, to get any sort of traction. Okay kevin, thanks very much for joining us this morning. Appreciate it. Thanks kevin. Weve been asking you what youre doing at home. Adrian, who is the gb news member . Thank you. Adrian says im in the garden. Ive got the news on the radio, and youre not getting wet. Well, rainy, isnt it . Well, rainy, isnt it . I dont know, we havent got any daylight here, im afraid. Wendy says the sun is out, its warm, and im painting the kitchen walls. Actually, i never answer my phone. This is going on to a story were going to talk about in a minute. Or call anyone unless absolutely vital. I just dont like to. Im anyone unless absolutely vital. Ijust dont like to. Im not i just dont like to. Im not going. Im not a young generation either. Says actually, i find myself doing that these days. If i dont know the number, i just look at it and throw it away. This is a story about the fact that generation z, which is under 24, i think they are. Dont ever pick up the phone or make a phone call. Yeah, well, thats. Yeah, i think these kids these days have a very serious problem that needs to be addressed on social skills. Ive said before many times youve got kids whove gone to University Degrees coming out their ears, qualified up to the eyeballs, and they come into the office or wherever. They cant look you in the eye, they cant pick up a phone, they cant knock on a door and ask questions. Its absurd. Theyre scared to answer the phone. Right, by the way, sorry, bev. Sorry you asked whos voting for sadiq khan . When london is in a worse place than it was six years ago . Id argue its people who werent here six years ago, so they dont know any better. And its probably london today. Its probably a much nicer place than the places theyve come from. Very early migrants. Im sure theres a huge well, we know that, of course. Right up next, a Muslim Pressure Group has demanded that sir keir starmer end military ties with israel to win back the voters who have abandoned labour. Hes basically being politically blackmailed on a middle east issue. This is britains newsroom on gb news. Good morning. 1022. Youre with ben , leo in for Andrew Pierce. No. You were there for a minute. You didnt call yourself Andrew Pierce, did you . No. Not yet, andrew is taking a bank holiday off, so ben is here with me bev turner this morning, and we are delighted. So were joined in the studio now by author and broadcaster emma woolf and former labour adviser matthew laza. Good morning guys. Good morning. Happy bank holiday. Thank you for giving up your Bank Holiday Morning to be here with us. Always a pleasure, fiona. Phobia. Yes absolutely. So weve kind of known for a while that the Younger Generation are very keen on using their phones for actually making calls, anything else that they are literally welded to them. But it says one quarter. A new survey today , quarter. A new survey today, which is on the front page of the times, one quarter of people aged 18 to 34 have confessed that they have never used their phone to make a call. A quarter of people have never made a mobile phone call. Thats thats thats what it said, and they said that 70 said, and they said that 70 said they prefer to text or call, and 37 would rather have a voice note. Rather than a call. Just to explain to people what this means, because therell be people watching this who dont really know what were talking about, about how the youth communicate. They use a Snapchat Snapchat app. Thats the main one that my kids use do is text each other. So its like a and they will you leave a voice note where you record your voice note where you record your voice not on an answering machine, but onto the app and then the person plays it. Quite a fan of the voice note i love a voice note. I love a voice. Absolutely love a voice note. Thats an alternative, really, to leaving alternative, really, to leaving a message on an answering machine. So thats where were at. So, emma, why does it matter that these young people cant make or take a phone call . Well, hold on, i think theres something im im im not a young person, but im very with them on this. And actually, a third of people dont really like direct phone calls. Now this is asynchronous communication. This is where we can kind of go to it when we choose. We can answer it when we choose. We can answer it when we choose. Theres something quite intrusive about a phone call these days. It feels quite intrusive for someone to call your mobile phone. But it also i think theres something quite alarming. The only time i get a direct call is either the nursery. So ludo has bumped his head. That kind of call, or its, its spam. You know, you get these idiotic companies repeatedly calling you, offering you whatever it is, double glazing. People prefer to be able to message back and forth. Most of the time they do message directly and respond immediately. But theres something about the urgency, the intrusiveness of a phone call, of a direct call, which is what people are. Emma, you sound like youre making excuses for young kids who cant handle the pressure of just being, you know, existing in real life. No. You and bev, life is tough sometimes. Sometimes youve got to work under pressure. Youve got to think on your feet. Answer the phone. Yeah. The worst thing is when someone says, can i call you at three . And then all day long, all day long, even if its nothing, all day long, youre waiting for that call at three. And its a nightmare when someones schedules a call. But you make a really good point, which is basically we should be able to communicate with other people in real time. We should be able to, if, you know, go to a Job Interview, answer a phone call, do all of that stuff. Sorry to slightly change topic, there was a story last week about john lewis giving Job Interview applicants young kids. The questions in advance. Yeah, just like that. Because because they have to prepare and they cant think on their feet. Exactly. That rather defeats the point. But theres something we have to question. What it is. And emma, i think thats so interesting what you said about something feeling intrusive about phone call. If your phone fings about phone call. If your phone rings now, you say if somebody fings rings now, you say if somebody rings me, i will think what has gone wrong . Were all being inculcated with this idea that if its unless its important, send a written message. But you know whats important, matt . Friends talking absolutely. Friends talking absolutely. Talking connection . Totally. But our mobile phones are absolutely mobiles. Absolutely personal things you have your mobile with you all the time. Its not like in the old days where a phone might ring at home. It might ring on the wall, which some of us remember. Theres also, of course, the. And youd answer it because now your mobile. Now if you get a phone call on the phone, you know app rather than the whatsapp of other on whatsapp, then you know that thats bad news because literally everybody uses it. Although what i think is rather lovely about this survey is it seems that everybody answers the phone to their mum, who remains the one person who is alive whos given a free. I think this is this is the sort of millennials will still answer the phone to their mums and not regard that as a microaggression, which of course, it can be charged with. We move on to the next story. Can i just read you this comment from paul on gbnews. Com yoursay he says the Younger Generation make me laugh. Theyre too scared to answer the phone, but theyre quite happy to take pictures of their bits and send them out to anyone. So true. But it is funny. But it is. There is something fundamentally important here about humanity and what it is to be a human being and connection. And we wonder why so many people are lonely. Because you know what . Which is an absolute by whatsapp a mate and just go, how are you . Theyre going to say, fine, if i ring them. I do a lot of calling in the car. So i ring a lot from the car. If i ring a friend, they will eventually go, oh, theyll have a sign. Do you know what my mums not so well. Or the kids are playing up. And because people are very british and people just say, which is why people are saying, are you okay . Its a bad things. So you should open an open ended question like, how are you getting on . Hows things . So at least it gives people think because saying are you okay is a very binary choice. And people dont like saying no because people dont like we dont like not being okay. We have to make our kids. Im going to come up with a new policy here. Kids have to make phone calls. No should be made to make this all comes back to this entire online world. This all comes back to that. The fact that people are isolated, theyre on their own. Theyre staring at a screen. You know, you dont chat to people. You dont flirt with people in a cafe. You dont chat to someone on a bus these days because everybody is staring at their screen. Our viewer says, but people, its not just bits. Its not just photos of their bids, but its photos of their dessert or, you know, the sunset or the view or whatever. People, you know, people will post literally expose the whole of their lives, both the intimate and the kind of banal, but they wont actually have a conversation with a connection. Do you know what . What connection . One final point in this, i would argue having the ability to say hello to someone, hold a conversation, look them in the eye and get down to their level or up to their level wherever it may be, is worth more than any university degree. Ask most employers. Id rather someone whos a normal human being. People, people, skills. Yeah, some dork or nerd who just cant talk. Well, they call soft skills. Now, in the corporate world, soft skills or being able to talk to someone, being able to talk to someone, being able to talk to someone, being able to talk to somebody. And the other guarantees, if you ever ring your mother, the mobile phone that youve set her up with will be at the bottom of her handbag. Yeah that is yes. That was my mum was always lie. Very true. Right. Two minutes on toilets matthew. Yeah. Well, so single sex lavatories are going to be compulsory under building regulations. So the government is. Never mind the government in the bedroom. This is the government in the loo. So all new non residential buildings, not just government buildings but private buildings as well. Obviously shops, offices, places of entertainment etc. Yeah, well have to. And not just New Buildings , but those undergoing buildings, but those undergoing significant refurbishments will have to offer single sex toilets. Good lavatories please. Good lavatories please. Lavatories. Can we just use the proper word. Its the word is lavatories. Were in a unique position here of actually being able to talk about what we know, because we have gender neutral lavatories here, and we all keep them lovely and clean, dont we . Yes, but i dont like them. Yes, but i dont like them. No, i dont, and i think theres nothing there was some irony there, nothing transphobic about saying that women and men should be able to have privacy and dignity when they are using the lavatory. Im. Is. Yeah. Im. Is. Yeah. Im sorry, but you can still have unisex lavatories in this as in the individual cubicles where you can wash your hands. Yes. So my worry, matthew , is yes. So my worry, matthew, is that were going to have fewer toilets because thats what you ended up with actually. Yeah, absolutely. Because men love. Because men are as we know. Yes. And are dirty animals as we were taught. They really are. I im absolutely disgusted sometimes with men in mens toilets. I with men in mens toilets. I just dont know what youre getting up to. Well, its here at the gb news where we have. We have the cubicles. But you dont have the hand basins. Not in the cubicle. So i think we may fall afoul, if we were to if wed have a major refurbishment. But i went in the other day and one of our female colleagues was going, oh, that cubicle is disgusting. And went next door. So there are certainly dangers about it. I do think, though, that this is because this is private sector, buildings. It is a bit big government. Im going to sound a bit sort of libertarian here, but this is, this is a bit of government imposing things, and so im not totally in favour of that. I think its fine for the government to say what schools and other things should do, which it has the levers on, but maybe we can leave, you know, we can leave in clubs and, and shops to sort it out for themselves, i quite like nightclubs, though, having separate loos. Emma i cant see what happened to the conversation otherwise. Women, you know, the womens famous powder room, right, thank you both for now. We are going to go very quickly to the news with aaron, whos waiting for. Us. Its 1030. Us. Its1030. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Rishi sunaks admitted the tories may not win the general election after damaging defeats in the local polls. The Prime Minister believes the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament, with labour as the largest party, and says voters wont want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp. Rishi sunak described the snp. Rishi sunak described the local election result as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands, but womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. John swinney is likely suggest. John swinney is likely to be confirmed as the next leader of the snp. Later, after a potential challenger pulled out late last night, veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormack has endorsed john swinney to become scotlands next first minister. Hes now the only candidate to replace humza yousaf, who announced he was stepping down last week. Nominated close at midday , the nominated close at midday, the Israeli Military is telling palestinians to evacuate rafah ahead of an expected ground offensive. Its told 100,000 residents in the east of the to city move to an expanded humanitarian zone, where aid will be available. Ceasefire will be available. Ceasefire talks with hamas collapsed over the weekend , and the kerem the weekend, and the kerem shalom aid crossing has been closed overnight after a rocket attack by hamas killed three Israeli Soldiers. The uk attack by hamas killed three Israeli Soldiers. The uk and other countries have warned israel against an operation in rafah. The un says the consequences would be devastating for 1. 4 Million People. Rail passengers are facing a week of disruption because of strikes by train drivers across parts of the country. Members of the aslef union at 16 operators, have launched a six day ban on overtime, which is expected to cause short notice cancellations. They will also stage three one day strikes across different operators between tomorrow and thursday, as part of a long running dispute over pay. More on all of our stories available by scanning the qr code on your screen for gb news alerts, or go to our website for more information. Up next today marks the one Year Anniversary since king charles ascended to the throne. Do you remember that day . Where were you . I dont really, im not. I support the royal family, but im not overly fussed about charles. Do you not remember what you did on the coronation day . Were not working for gb news. I was, i just. Not working for gb news. I was, ijust. No, i dont remember what i was doing last weekend, so. No. Sorry. What were you doing . How did you watch it . I i watched it at home. No, i watched it at. Oh, youre right, i cant remember. There we go. There we go. No, youre right, i cant remember. I wasnt working on the day. I was working the whole week for gb news running up to the coronation day, was i there . Oh, let us know what you were doing while i go through my camera roll. And remember where i was on coronation day. Obviously a lot has happened in that year, but how do you feel today about the first year of king charles . Oh, so someones its a special royals birthday today. Can you guess who will reveal all after the break . This is britains newsroom on gb news. Welcome back. 1037 with ben and bev on britains newsroom only on gb news. Now, as mentioned, its the one Year Anniversary since his majesty king charles ascended to the throne. And ive remembered where i was. We had a little party at home and we watched it all and it was lovely. It was a nice day , wasnt it . Well, good. 12 months on, the monarch seems closer than ever to the public, doesnt it . Particularly after this cancer diagnosis. Doesnt it . Particularly after this cancer diagnosis. We saw this cancer diagnosis. We saw those pictures of him at the Cancer Centre last week, Holding Hands with everybody. He was very kind of warm and open, wasnt it . Yeah, doing some good work. And i also teased before the break, can you guess whose birthday it is today . Its actually prince archie. Harry, meghans son. Its his fifth birthday today. So joining us now is the former bbc royal correspondent michael cole. Good morning michael. Thanks for joining us. First off, lets lets lets focus on the king. Its his, anniversary today for the coronation has he done a good job . Is the future of the monarchy in safe hands . And bear monarchy in safe hands . And bear in mind his Health Problems . Michael, may we see an abdication happen fairly soon. Never, never, never. Never, never, never. Controversial. Ben controversial. Ben controversial. Ben abdication is the big no no in the royal family. It will neven in the royal family. It will never, ever happen. And we live, god save the king. Long, long may he live, of course, as you quite rightly say, it was a glorious day , this day last glorious day, this day last yeanl glorious day, this day last year, i was working for you , if year, i was working for you, if you want to know what i was doing. I was also working for the australians. Canadians and at least two Arab Television channels. So it was a busy day, and of course, i was able to compare it with, im that old that i was ten years old when the queen, the late Queen Elizabeth ii, was crowned on the 3rd of june, 1953. And as broadcasters, i think we should remember that that was the very beginning of the Television Age that made television relevant and important in this country. And when the bbcs lead commentator, richard dimbleby, high in the rafters of westminster abbey, whispered into his lit mic, the queen is crowned using the historic present tense. Well, it made the present tense. Well, it made the hairs on the back of my ten year old head , let neck go up. And old head, let neck go up. And i thought then id love to be a television reporter. And i went on and doing that. So that was a very important day. What we saw very important day. What we saw this day last year was a pretty in pomp, pageantry, a great day for the whole country and a day, a day off really, from all the worries about, covid and the recovery from brexit and all the rest of it. It was a one shining moment when we all got together for, in a 20th First Century show of love and devotion for crown and country and we had a day out, and i think we all tremendously enjoyed it. But today also let us say happy birthday day to prince archie of sussex way over there in california , sixth in line to the california, sixth in line to the throne, the late queens eighth grandchild. And you will remember , there we see that, remember, there we see that, rather Controversial Photo call at windsor, where the couple, having brought their pride and joy having brought their pride and joy to see the worlds press, then went out of their way to hide him from them. He was in swaddling clothes, as they would say in the bible, with a hat on, and nobody really saw him. And that followed rather strange behaviour. They wouldnt confirm where the birth had been. It was at the portland hospital in central london, and theyve neven central london, and theyve never, ever confirmed the four, godparents there. Identities godparents there. Identities became known later, so it was rather strange behaviour from the very beginning. And since they went into self imposed exile, first in canada and then montecito, north of los angeles, which may have been meghans intention all along, weve seen very little of master archie, prince archie , who could be prince archie, who could be called earl of dumbarton, but they dont use that courtesy title. Weve seen him with some rescue chickens and weve heard that he talks american now and says to people who come to stay with them, drive safe when they leave, you know, very nice american. I think its a real shame. Michael. Youre talking about the king. This, you know, his majesty hasnt really seen archie. And yet weve got a prince of the realm in california. I dont know , happy california. I dont know, happy birthday to the kid. Hes the same age as my boy. So nothing against him. But what a shame that you know. Yeah, and the decisions, really, that theyve made. Which meant that boy is not grown up with his cousins at all. Seeing his grandparents, his aunties and his uncles because of that family feud. It is, i think, on that level, on a day like today, actually, even though its like, well, great, theres a child turning five, i think it makes us reflect really on whats happened there to the royal family. But talking of reflecting michael , if anybody reflecting michael, if anybody had told us a year ago today that fast forward 12 months, youll have Sarah Ferguson with cancen youll have Sarah Ferguson with cancer, princess of wales with cancer, princess of wales with cancer , the king with cancer. We cancer, the king with cancer. We would never have believed that, would never have believed that, would we, bev . They say that troubles come in threes. And as you say, Sarah Ferguson, duchess of york, Breast Cancer and then skin cancer. Breast cancer and then skin cancer. And then the two blows cancer. And then the two blows almost at once simultaneously , almost at once simultaneously, the king and the princess of wales in hospital. And then their separate revelations that they have cancer and arent they deaung they have cancer and arent they dealing with them bravely. And there we see the king. Fantastic pictures. These were, i thought, Holding Hands with people who are stricken in the same way as he is, and understanding what theyre saying. And because hes been there, he is there. And i been there, he is there. And i think he took a great deal of comfort from this visit because he has his treatment alone. These people are together. They these people are together. They almost form clubs when theyre undergoing this rather harrowing treatment. They have to have. And for him to know that this goes on and these, you know, they form little clubs, they bnng they form little clubs, they bring cakes for each other. They they form a social group. He doesnt have any of that. And listen to him look at him listening to that. Hes really taking it all on board and hes doing what only he can do. Theres only one head of state. Its a unique position, and hes leading from the front and showing that definition of courage, grace under pressure and certainly there has been pressure. Nine months ago , nine pressure. Nine months ago, nine months after that glorious coronation, this revelation of cancen coronation, this revelation of cancer. And you, you were saying, ben, about his popularity and abdication. His popularity and abdication. His popularity has never been higher. 60 approval of the monarchy and him in particular. And the princess of wales, who is having her own struggles, even more popular. And the queen there we see him, shes with him throughout, being his stay and his strength. And they make a great couple. So the monarchy is in good hands. But as you reflected , bev earlier, and reflected, bev earlier, and i cant agree with the disagree with the words you said, it is so sad that he sees so little of his grandchild , archie, and his his grandchild, archie, and his sister, princess lilibet , very, sister, princess lilibet, very, very sad indeed. And to see these two brothers, william and harry, who were once so close. Well, ill tell you what their mother would be so upset because she always thought they would be there for each other. In fact, when they were small boys, she made them vow , made them promise made them vow, made them promise always to support love each other so thats very sad. We celebrate and we celebrate with your son too, ben. Hes five two. I remember what it was like to be five. It was the year of the, london olympics, and we went to see the last handing over of the torch. So it was a big year, a big year for me, 1948, when i was five. Life was a lot easier. Life was a lot easier. A michael when we were kids. Ignorance is bliss. Thank you michael. Great to thank you michael. Great to see you michael cole. Have a lovely bank holiday, lots of you getting in touch at home as well, jacqueline has said to keep saying its too late to change. Leader is nonsense. This is about whether sunak should go now. Theresa may stood down in may 2019 when boris came in as leader, july 2019 and went on to win the general election in december 2019. Yes it would be another leader, but lets face it, sunak is no leader. Hes a manager. Ive been saying all year they should change him. But i think its too late now. Well, if they really are facing annihilation, you may as well. Its like your last bet at the blackjack table. Youve got two chips left. Youre going to be wiped out anyway. Just go all in, coming up next, were going to be speaking to a victim of the infected blood scandal. If you dont know what that is, pretty much in a nutshell, haemophiliacs, people that need a special medicine to clot their blood in the 70s and 80s were given blood contaminated with all sorts of mucky diseases from skid row prisoners, prostitutes in america, drug users. The pharmaceutical companies knew about it , pharmaceutical companies knew about it, people over here pharmaceutical companies knew about it , people over here knew about it, people over here knew about it, people over here knew about it, people over here knew about it, doctors so on. About it, doctors and so on. Theyre all on commission. And thousands of people, thousands of people were infected with different things. Hepatitis. They got aids eventually , and they got aids eventually, and thousands died. So weve got a victim of the scandal coming next. And thats ahead of the final report of the inquiry, which is out on the 20th of may. So you tick. Welcome back. 1049 ben and bev on britains newsroom on gb news. Now, more than 3000 people have died after contracting hiv or hepatitis c through nhs blood transfusion and other treatments dunng transfusion and other treatments during the 1970s and 80s, also known as the contaminated blood scandal. So an inquiry into this infected blood scandal began back in 2018. Taking evidence from parliamentary ministers, survivors and bereaved family members. The findings are going to be finally be published later this month and there are now reports some in the Daily Telegraph or the sunday telegraph or the sunday telegraph yesterday that some pharmaceutical giants knowingly sold hiv infected treatments. So blood to the nhs. So just so blood to the nhs. So just to reiterate, pharmaceutical giants in america are accused of and theres documented evidence of this knowingly selling contaminated blood products to the nhs who then gave it to him. Opheliac kids here in the uk in the 70s and 80s. One of those people, joins us now. Lets speak to richard warwick. Hes one of the victims of the scandal. Good morning, richard. Thank you for joining scandal. Good morning, richard. Thank you forjoining us, good morning. Good morning. Now, look, lets lets just be frank , these lets lets just be frank, these revelations in the sunday telegraph yesterday about Pharma Companies knowingly selling products. Its not new. Weve known about this for a while, but what the newspaper have uncovered is new documents proving that they knew it. How proving that they knew it. How far does the rot go . There was some suggestion that doctors over here were taking commission from these Pharma Companies to use us blood, instead of the much preferred uk blood, which was cleaner. Just explain some detail for those who dont know the story, the rock goes to the very top of government and the Health Service , the uk were Health Service, the uk were looking for a cheap source of factor eight because we couldnt produce our own in this country, and documents have shown from the inquiry that out of various companies, the uk preferred to buy the cheaper options of one particular company in austria, immuno. They produced a product immuno. They produced a product in a red box and a blue box, think of the matrix and they picked the, the blue box, which had a high risk of hepatitis simply to save money. So its been known about for years, and, and this was all about, putting profits before patients at the end of the day. And, richard, what effect has this had on, on your life, when were you infected . And whats the detrimental effects been on your health . Oh, crikey. Over the past 50 years, initially it was hepatitis b , hiv, hep c, and all hepatitis b, hiv, hep c, and all the side effects that come along with those viruses and the drugs have had to take to keep them under control, i was at a boarding school. I was sent down to treloars in hampshire as an 11 year old, along with about 90 other children that were there at the time. And its all one big, big project, they were actively and rolling uk to run Clinical Trials on them , yeah. Clinical trials on them, yeah. Richard, the tuc sorry to interject. The Treloar School in hampshire, as you said, it was a project of 90 or so haemophiliac children. All the supposed top doctors were there and they were being used as guinea pigs. Essentially, they were being given this infected blood. A lot of them have died , i mean, your of them have died, i mean, your ill say so myself. Youre quite lucky to be here today. And the lucky to be here today. And the scandal is that the inquiry into this has been dragged on for so long. Many of the victims arent here anymore to see justice done i thats lam em thats right. I mean, from the school, we think weve only got about 13 or 14 survivors, 75 of our School Friends died , so of our School Friends died, so its absolutely heartbreaking. And were going to bring that up tomorrow when four of us go and see john glenn, the paymaster general. And were going to put general. And were going to put forward that that point that the School Funded by, in part by the nhs , and unbelievably, by the nhs, and unbelievably, by the Haemophilia Society to conduct these, these, these this research into the boys , were research into the boys, were going to bring that up and what, what i must make one point as well. We dont want the government to deflect , with, government to deflect, with, with any statements or any , with any statements or any, figures about compensation on the 20th, a week, a fortnight today when the inquiry report. We want this to be our day. You know, we waited 40 well, some near 50 years for this inquiry. And we want, we want truth, justice. We want accountability for all those that suffered and have died. And we want we want the government feet held to the fire for what theyve done to so many. You know, 3000 people have died as a result of this. Richard, weve seen recently there are echoes here of the post office scandal, this idea of the david versus the goliath , of the david versus the goliath, the sort of faceless corporate entity which has impacted so many ordinary peoples lives. Obviously, in your situation , obviously, in your situation, it is, i would say, so much worse because youve lived with also daily Health Challenges and that that must also have impacted everything. Relationships your professional life, etc. Could you just elaborate, elaborate, just just briefly for us a little bit on those issues . Well its impacted every single aspect of my life, that of my wife, my, my wider family. We lost a child through this , we lost a child through this, every single aspect of my life , every single aspect of my life, from employment to holding down a job to getting a pension , life a job to getting a pension, life insurance, its just been its just been impossible. You know, i hate i hate the word hate to use the word lucky to be here, but by some grace of god, i am still here. And im right on with others until we get the answers we need. Yeah listen, just stay with us for a moment, because we dont want to cut you off. Weve got to take the weather quickly. 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Former home secretary Suella Braverman there giving her advice to the Prime Minister following disappointing electoral results over the weekend. Weekend. Snp leadership deadline is looming. Former deputy first minister john swinney looks set to be the next snp leader , as to be the next snp leader, as the deadline for applications is set at midday today. If you want to get your nomination in, youve got an hour to do it and some feel good news. British youngster lando norris has won the formula one miami grand prix. Its his first ever victory in the sport after a string of podiums and near misses. Well done lando and should we let bygones be bygones . Yes we should. Doctors are advising that letting go of your angeris advising that letting go of your anger is tangibly good for your health and longevity. Are you a forgiving person at home . Are you a forgiving person . 7. I 7 i forgive, 7 i forgive, but i dont forget. I dont hold grudges. Forget. I dont hold grudges. Im a very forgiving person. You have to be what some people say. Lifes short. Just forgive. Forgive people, you know . Just move on. But then my argument is life is short. So why tolerate nonsense behaviour . Oh my memory is too bad to ever bear a grudge. Im afraid. Gb news com forward slash. Your say is the know your thoughts this morning. First for the very latest news with Aaron Armstrong. With aaron arm strong. With Aaron Armstrong. For good morning to you. Its a minute past 11 im Aaron Armstrong, rishi sunak conceded for the first time. The tories may not win the general election. The Prime Minister believes the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament, with labour as the largest party. And he says voters wont want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp. Rishi sunak , though, has described the sunak, though, has described the local Election Results as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands , position in the West Midlands, but womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. For months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour and actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done the drilling down on those numbers , its between 7 to 9 numbers, its between 7 to 9 points. And what were actually looking at is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. The green party as well. However, chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, says rishi sunak interpretation of those results is incorrect. Those results is incorrect. Local elections are not a good predictor of general elections. If you just look at the overall vote share, which is what he seems to have done, for example, very small parties tend to do far better in local elections. Independents tend to do better. And if you look at the places where labour won, where labour picked up support, it was in those constituencies that labour will need in order to deliver a majority Labour Government. So im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. He should be listening to that message to actually give people the chance for change. John swinney is set to be confirmed as the next leader of the snp today, after a potential challenger pulled out late last night. Late last night. Veteran Party Activist Graeme Mccormick is now endorsed. Mr swinney to become scotlands next first minister. Hes the only official candidate to replace humza yousaf, who announced he was stepping down last week. Nominations will close at midday. Palestinians have been told to evacuate rafah as the Israeli Military prepares for a ground offensive of 100,000 residents in the east of the city have been ordered to move towards an expanded humanitarian zone ahead of what israel has described as a limited scope operation. It limited scope operation. It comes after ceasefire talks with hamas collapsed over the weekend. Now, egyptian media is reporting that a hamas rocket attack that killed three Israeli Soldiers near an aid crossing has caused that breakdown in negotiations. 12 palestinians negotiations. 12 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli strikes in rafah overnight. The uk and the un have warned israel against an operation in Southern Gaza. Four operation in Southern Gaza. Four men have been charged after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in a pub car park. Around 500kg of the drug was discovered in the back of a van in lilley, east yorkshire. A Colombian National and three men from argyll and bute in scotland have been arrested. The National Crime agency says theyve been charged with the importation of class a drugs. The archbishop of class a drugs. The archbishop of canterbury has paid tribute to the kings sense of duty after his return to public life. Justin welby says the transparency charles has shown after his cancer diagnosis demonstrates his willingness to support others. The archbishops comments come on the First Anniversary of the coronation, he added. Crowning the king was the privilege of a lifetime. Gun salutes will be heard across the capital later in celebration with 41 volleys to be fired at noon. With 41 volleys to be fired at noon. Rail passengers are facing noon. Rail passengers are facing a week of disruption because of strikes by train drivers across several parts of the country. Several parts of the country. Members of the aslef union, at 16 operators, have launched a six day ban on overtime thats expected to cause short notice cancellations. Theyll also cancellations. Theyll also stage three one day strikes across a number of operators between tomorrow and thursday. Its all part of this long running dispute over pay. No talks have been held between the union and the train operators for more than a year. Heineken plans to reopen 62 pubs that closed earlier this year. The Dutch Company says the investment of almost £40 Million Investment of almost £40 million in its star pubs operation will create 1000 new jobs. It says the plans to refurbish more than 600 establishments will turn them from tired pubs into premium locals. Them from tired pubs into premium locals. And for the premium locals. And for the latest you can sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news common alerts. Now back over to ben and. Ben and. Bev. Morning. Morning 1106. Sorry morning. Morning 1106. Sorry Bank Holiday Monday. Were so happy to be here with you this morning. Thank you forjoining morning. Thank you for joining us and giving up your bank holiday. Hopefully you sat back with a cup of coffee and a bacon butty and not rushing out to work. Lots of you in the garden. It sounds like doing, you know, tending to your shrub and your flowers. The suns out, but its raining here anyway. Lets move on. Were going to go back to our previous guest, richard warwick. Hes one of the victims of the infected blood scandal. So just as a reminder, if youre just tuning in, the infected blood scandal was dubbed the biggest scandal in the history of the nhs. Haemophiliacs people who need factor eight medicine blood plasma to clot their blood because their body doesnt do it. They were given blood products by the nhs , that was products by the nhs, that was pretty much sent from prisons, prostitutes , drug users in the prostitutes, drug users in the us. The government knew about it. Doctors knew about it. And now here returns richard, one of our victims. Richard, in terms of compensation from the government, the inquiry concludes on the 20th of may next week. What do you want in terms of monetary compensation . Is it even about that . Is it even about that . Yes and no. I mean, no amount of money can bring back life, or health and we have to remember that its not just about that. Its about loss of earnings, loss. Loss of a family life , loss. Loss of a family life, loss. Loss of a family life, loss of pensions, insurance and everything that goes along with that career , for me personally, that career, for me personally, its all about accountability. I want people, held to account. I want people, held to account. I want people, held to account. I want government ministers held to account those that made decisions , wrongly made decisions, wrongly made decisions, wrongly made decisions to be, you know, have their feet held to the fire and be criticised. Theres going to be criticised. Theres going to be a lot of criticism in this report, i dont doubt, but i dont want the government distracting or deflecting away from the day, weve all worked and pushed for this inquiry for so long, getting on for, you know, 40, 50 years. And we just want it to be to be our day. We want it to be to be our day. We want to hear what, sir brian has to say in his report. Okay, richard, just in 10s. Whats your view on pharmaceutical companies now . Do you trust them . You trust them . Absolutely not. I think they all work, have done and consistently do work within the fringes of the law. Yeah. Its all about money. Its all about profits. Before patients and i think that will always remain the case. Sadly and unfortunately captured regulators as well, which does not appear to be changing at all, richard, we wish you all the very best. Thank you so much. We will keep following your story here on gb news, keep fighting for people who need justice. A statement from trillo, a school and college, which is the boarding school that richard was talking about, said we await the publication of the infected blood inquiry , which we hope blood inquiry, which we hope will provide our former pupils with the answers they have been waiting for. Okey doke. Is it time for. Well, is it time up . Rather for Prime Minister rishi sunak . Its been a miserable weekend for him, of course. First of all, on saturday, sadiq khan won his third term as london mayor. I dont know how, i dont know whos voting for him, but take a listen to this. Its londoners who inspire me every day to continue our mission of building a fairer, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change, a future Labour Government led by keir starmer, working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more with the susan hall set jaw there, tensed in the background. Tensed in the background. And now former home secretary Suella Braverman has said that rishi sunak must change his political course to remain in power as there is no time to change. The tory leader , paul change. The tory leader, paul scully, is the conservative mp for sutton and cheam and im delighted to say he joins us now. How. Now. Good morning, paul. Good morning, paul. Good morning, paul. Morning to you. Morning to you. Hiya. First of all, there has been some warning shots from people like andy street who lost his race in the West Midlands, mark harper, the transport secretary, saying, guys, conservative party do not lurch to the right as a result of whats happened. This weekend. But can i put it to you, paul, that you need to do exactly that . Because doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results isnt going to work. You dont lurch anywhere. I think thats the key thing, ben. Youve got to do it in a thoughtful way. And you know, and really consider your position. I think what weve got to do now, now is to take a breath, show a bit of humility , breath, show a bit of humility, realise, you know, get the lessons that we are being told hard and fast and clear by the electorate that they do want change and actually come up with a narrative and a vision that shows that we can still be that change, despite having been in power for so long, doesnt necessarily mean a massive jump to, to the right or any other position. Youve got to stay where the most the majority of the electorate are, and then take them with you on a journey. Well, the majority of the electorate last week were with labour councillors paul and also here in london and in manchester. Those two labour mayors, andy burnham and sadiq khan, getting in. And you wanted to run that ticket in london here and susan hall got her name there first. What are your thoughts now, having watched her be defeated by khan . Be defeated by khan . Well, i mean, thats the illustration of actually if you lurch to the right, youre not going to take people with you. If you run a core vote strategy, youre basically going to end up with your core vote. And in a place like london, there just are not enough people in that core vote to get anywhere near, beating someone like sadiq khan , beating someone like sadiq khan, who piles on his votes in places like haringey and tottenham, those kind of areas, islington, etc. And, tower hamlets, we just dont have those numbers there. So you need people who can cross over into to like boris did when he was mayor into, places where they dont naturally, necessarily, automatically tribally go conservatives. And thats what weve seen with andy street did that brilliantly. And he was so, so close. He was so, so close. He was so, so close. Well, we saw though, in the outer boroughs, places like bromley and so on, they did well , the conservatives did well in the Council Elections. Do you think if you had run in that mayoral race instead of susan hall and you had clear backing from the party, which many would argue susan hall did not have, would you have beaten sadiq khan . 7. I . I think what 7 i think what we . I think what we would have got was we would have got the debate that london has deserved, the contest that london has deserved, because really, right from the beginning we were focusing on susans oyster card. We were focusing on, you know, a lot of the finger wagging rather than actually the real issues housing, crime , transport and housing, crime, transport and what more we can do. So yeah, i think i could have held bexley, bromley and those kind of people who are furious about ulez and about sadiq khan, sort of, just ignonng about sadiq khan, sort of, just ignoring them and, really tackled issues around crime that inner london are really concerned about as well. Thats what youve got to say, not conflicting things, but actually speak to those people. And their motivators for a vote. Thats thats what i would have done. And hopefully, maybe well never know. I may have been able to beat him. Who votes for him . Who votes for him . Paul . Because i understand that he gets the ethnic minority vote majority in london. Actually i think now, isnt it . Are we . He gets a lot of migrants votes. True. Or people born of descended from migrant parents, but who else votes for him . Is it the kind of you mentioned the islington . Is it mentioned the islington . Is it the champagne socialist dinner party set . Is the champagne socialist dinner party set . Is it your limousine liberals . Is it those people whove done well and live in london but still like to say, oh , i couldnt vote for the conservatives and do their virtue signalling as they pass around the focaccia bread. Is it that lot , i think yes, absolutely. Those sort of people as well. But i think what weve not been able to do is when you talk about Something Like ulez, the, the expansion into outer london, which meant that people who really cant afford to change their cars very easily but still rely on them, he was able to portray the fact that that ulez expansion , the sledgehammer to expansion, the sledgehammer to crack a nut, was the only way you can get clean air. And then he was actually saying hardly anyone was affected by it. You cant have it both ways. You cant have it both ways. You cant pay £12. 50 for the privilege, in inverted commas, of polluting london, so his logic just doesnt, doesnt work. But we werent able to get that across to people that would vote for him, that say , but i vote for him, that say, but i want clean air. There are other ways of doing it. Tackling pollution hotspots, for example, paul pollution hotspots, for example, paul, over a Million People voted for sadiq khan, so he must be doing something right. What do you admire about sadiq khan . What do people admire about him . Hes a skilled political operator. He knows to , how to operator. He knows to, how to work on different segments of london. As you talked about, various ethnic minorities. Theres different demographics , theres different demographics, what were not doing as well as conservatives. Were not speaking to younger people. So he mops up younger votes, although they tend not to come out as much as older people in elections. Nonetheless, if youre a younger person in london, you tend to be driven towards, sadiq khans message because at the moment conservatives just arent speaking to them. And thats something weve got to change. Apathy, paul, voter apathy is going to play a massive role in the election. Do you think the the election. Do you think the results of these these Council Elections will actually galvanise more people now to go out and vote . Well, i think its becoming really stark what the choice is now. Do you want a conservative government . Do you want a Labour Government . And keir starmer is no tony blair. Hes not bringing any sort of inspiration. Its any sort of inspiration. Its just i am not the conservative party thats all hes really got to offer. So when rishi sunak says , you know, weve got a says, you know, weve got a plan, they havent got a plan, i think hes absolutely right. Because whats going to happen if they do come in with a majority government labour, then theyre not going to be able to fix any of the problems because they dont have that plan. Its going to be really quick when i suspect his supporters will tire of him and then look for change, because hes not able to change the country. The country. Okay, do you let your anger 9, okay, do you let your anger go, paul scully, weve been reading in the paper today that its very bad for you to hold on to your anger in politics. That must be really difficult. Must be really difficult. But you know what . This is genuinely not about personal. This is about london. Thats what. Thats what really frustrates me most about the last year is that were letting londoners down. Weve gifted sadiq khan a third term. But, you know, i, im, im quite chilled, frankly. Im off for a dog walk in a minute in. Brilliant. All right. Well, thanks for giving us your Bank Holiday Monday morning, im angry about sadiq khan. So there was that sadiq khan. So there was that little bit of hope over the weekend. I thought he might. Well, i took, i mean, democracy. I wasnt the only person, but i took loads of flak. But for reporting whispers from cchq and labour camps. Yeah, that the race in london was going to be a lot closer than it was after sadiq khan won. I had hundreds and hundreds of labour supporters, left leaning people , totally ripping leaning people, totally ripping me on twitter saying you were wrong. You were wrong. Actually, wrong. You were wrong. Actually, no, i wasnt wrong because i never said she was going to win. I was just reporting what was said. Well, there were a lot of people who are doing that, werent they . I mean, a lot of a lot of you here are john said sadiq khan might have mopped up votes where people, 30 people were living in one house. I guess youre talking about postal votes , talking about postal votes, there. Barry gb news member. This lurch to the right is nonsense. The claim that elections are won from the middle is also nonsense. It depends where that middle is. Look instead for the common ground. Thats where you win elections. Stopping the boats, reducing legal migration as well. Getting out of the echr, reducing taxes, ending wokery. These are areas of common ground. Although many of people would attach them to the far right. I was just going to go on to say that talking about these things is not enough, and thats all the conservatives have done. People want action. Well, youve got people, as i said to paul scully, people like mark harper, the transport secretary, the, outgoing mayor in the West Midlands, andy street, saying do not lurch to the right. I street, saying do not lurch to the right. I mean, in my view, if the tories lurch to the right, they might be Centre Ground. I mean, theyre theyre left of blairs government, for crying out loud. Sure. What left or right means anymore as well. Thats the other thing to say. I think at the moment youre either kind of libertarian or youre a bit more of an authoritarian. I think that right left dichotomy is a bit outdated now, dont you . Its also a bit of an illusion as well. I think when illusion as well. I think when youre so tribal and you put yourself in a box and say, im left, im right, im an anti vaxxer, im a pro vaxer, im you know, im this, im that. Im one of them things proudly , things get muddied and proudly, things get muddied and i think we should all have a bit more nuance and a bit more, you know, good faith arguments, right . Do you have any may day traditions . For many, its a time of morris dancing, may queens and dancing round the maypole. Oh, yeah. Back in the day. Back in the day. Well get to tell you all about that in just a minute. Britains newsroom on gb news. Hello. Welcome back. 1122 with ben and bev on britains newsroom. Only on gb news, of course, now we are rejoined by our Superstar Panel for this morning. Matthew laza former labour adviser and author and broadcaster emma wolf, thank you for joining us. Shall we get forjoining us. Shall we get stuck into , keir starmers, stuck into, keir starmers, muslim issue . Yeah. So we saw once the sort of, headlines of the tories defeat in most places. Has been sort of analysed. Moving on to looking at the muslim vote, which obviously since the events in, in israel and gaza has been much talked about. And we obviously had the rochdale by election with George Galloway. And although galloways party, which said it was going to sweep rochdale, he won only a couple of seats there and a couple elsewhere, but if you do look at it, quite a lot of independents who support sort of independents who support sort of who made palestine their number one cause, did very well, and in particular in the West Midlands mayoral race, which labour won by 1000 votes, the guy who came third, is a guy who basically campaigned for palestine. He hadnt done any politics before. I think he was a tiktok sensation, and he utilised that to make a palestinian message. He got palestinian message. He got nearly 70,000 votes, so nearly 70 times the margin of labours victory. So labours now reflecting on what it needs to do about, about that. But a group called the muslim vote has issued an 18 point set of demands to labour, saying that you need to i dont quite you know, they are i think theyre self appointed, obviously, that you need to do x, y and z if you are going to win back the muslim vote. And they include things like apologising for the original stance that you took, that keir starmer took on israel, gaza, which is not going to do so. I think labour needs to do so. I think labour needs to continue to do the right thing, now, i think actually whats weird is at the moment i think both not just labour, but pretty much all the Political Parties are demands are aligned with what the group would want because everybodys in favour of a ceasefire, because of where the situation is now. But we cant have voters dictated to. We cant have politics dictated to by any particular voter group. It needs to be whats right. Emma. Exactly so before before i hear your your comments on this, this muslim vote situation which youve just alluded to, matthew, they are demanding 18, changes to labours approach to things, including and bearing in mind what we saw with the green councillors shouting allahu akbar at whatever count that was not, not, not save the planet. No. No. So the muslim vote, for example, demands number eight remove extremism definition that michael gove introduced adopts sorry commits a review of Public Sector equality duty and a travel ban on all israeli politicians that backs this war and support an illegal occupation. We how are we having this kind of politics in the United Kingdom . Well, many of these demands are, as you say, completely unacceptable. But i really unacceptable. But i really object to british politics being held to ransom in this way. I really object to candidates shouting allahu akbar at our polling stations. I want i think many people want local councillors to focus on local issues, and i think its outrageous that labour are being held to ransom in this way. Many, many people feel very uncomfortable. Its not xenophobic to say this many , of xenophobic to say this many, of course, we have to talk about the issue of the israeli gaza conflict. Of course we do. But conflict. Of course we do. But when we are talking about councillors green or not, i cant see how he was a green councillor. But there you go. I think labour would be very, very stupid to kowtow to this, to these kind of pressures. I wonder what that particular chap makes on some of the greens positions on social issues, as weve seen in scotland with, you know, trans issues, etc. Im not sure that the identity politics that some greens care about, most would be his number one. Why are they dedicating their victories to gaza . I mean, its a bit like when paul boateng , won his got first paul boateng, won his got first elected parliament. He said today brent, tomorrow soweto. But at least that had a kind of slight tongue in cheek. This was, i thought, at least he mentioned brent. I suspect he wont be in the greens for very long. Some other of these demands here. I mean, theyre outrageous. This group wants to labour to commit 7 of the pubuc labour to commit 7 of the Public Sector pensions to ethical and islamic funds. They want to ensure sharia compliant pensions are available at every workplace, so that one third of muslims without a pension will get one, and they want to issue guidance that muslims are allowed to pray at school. Heres the thing, emma. You cant knock them for trying. And what i mean by that is where were in this election . Where were in this election . Where were the british, anglo saxon, christian, whatever you want to want to say. Where were those want to say. Where were those grassroots movements . Because this lot are organised. Im sorry, but they are in my constituency of hounslow. 40 of the 62 councillors, 40 of 62 are of asian descent and they galvanise their. Of asian descent and they galvanise their. And we and they galvanise their. And we and they see power and they know they can take it. We were saying this a few months ago, though, that the muslim vote is very organised. They get out the vote and theyre very focused and they, you know, they go out to, they go out to the polling station and, you know, often in the mosques theyre being theyre talking about this stuff as well. Yeah. Where is that anglo saxon vote . I dont know. We take it for granted and well, i think i think them have come from countries in which democracy is corrupt and they look at us and theyre like, you could just volunteer and do some bonng could just volunteer and do some boring stuff in your local council. I think what happens is obviously why arent you doing it . Its a very High Percentage of people in some, in some parts of people in some, in some parts of the Muslim Community who obviously attend, who attend the mosque. Then, as emma says, people discuss it at the mosque, you know , i mean, we used to you know, i mean, we used to have catholic priests used to say in catholic churches, go and vote this way or dont vote that way on a sunday. But thats of course, fallen away. And we dont really like when tony blair famously we dont do we dont do god. So i think, i mean, i dont think wed have had if somebody had stood up in Leeds City Council and said, you know, you know, i thank jesus christ for my victory today or whatever, that would have stood out. And people would have gone like that. Because we dont tend to talk about religion in british politics is up in arms about not just matthew, not just the Muslim Community. We wouldnt have a problem with that. This is a christian country. I well, im not saying people shouldnt do it, but im saying people dont do it. I mean, we would say, oh, hes a bit of a nutter, wouldnt they . Thats what people people say because thats very british about it has become, and thats why how the christian religion has become a sort of embarrassing. Well, look at, look in scotland that look in scotland and look at the reaction to kate forbes up there. Exactly. Shes not allowed to talk about her. Yeah, absolutely. There was a really interesting piece which says that, you know, which in the times on saturday about kate forbes, which said, because were slightly embarrassed about people who are evangelical christians because they tend to be more sort of poorer or more working class. And whereas , you working class. And whereas, you know, the sort of church of england, it was a great line. It said the church of england likes its sort of religion and politics, like its tea week. Yeah. So yeah, but i think if people i mean, i have to say these 18, these 18 demands, you say good, good luck for trying some of them make me feel very uncomfortable. Yes. Its absolutely right for labour to talk to the Muslim Community, have dialogue and discuss it, but not to give in to 18 demands, which is just wrong. Do you know what theyll do, though . Despite the muslim population, population in this country being 6 or something, 4 million muslims, labour and keir starmer will cave in to a lot of these demands. They wont. Honestly, they will certainly wont be caving in to these 18 demands. Yes to listening. They will. No to caving in to a list of 18 people. They will appease them in some way. Even people shouldnt cave in to demands, you know, to just sort of sets of demands. It ensures he gets into number 10. He will do it. And its outrageous. Right lets do another little story here. This has just been breaking news. This morning. Have a listen to this. It was a bomb threat that sparked an evacuation of a British Airways flight to london this morning, moments before takeoff from bermudas international airport. Bravo bermuda tower, cancel takeoff clearance. Cancel takeoff clearance. Cancel takeoff clearance, we received some information regarding a bomb threat. Bomb threat. Okay. Cancel takeoff clearance. Speedbird one eight clearance. Speedbird one eight bravo. And, would you like us to leave the runway . One eight bravo. Negative. All position. Standby. 218 all position. Standby. 218 bravo. You got any further information for us . Sabita thanwani. Bravo, i was just on the phone with the airport duty officer, and they reported that they received an email saying that there is a bomb on board. And we are currently working on getting the authorities out and getting you to an isolated area to disembark, possibly. Okay, so well bring you that story. The passengers are still stranded. You know, it strikes me, matthew, is that very calm british pilot there with his unflappable insouciance . Yeah, absolutely. There was that was that was that was kind of, you know, the sort of, peak British Airways, wasnt it . Peak. I mean, we talked about the sort of british calm earlier, it really was, but how grim for the people who were who were stuck there. Well, well, stuck in bermuda. Well, well, stuck in bermuda. Well, well, stuck in bermuda. Well, you know, i mean, partly celebrating. Thank you. Thank you. I mean, it was it was pouring down when i came in earlier. I mean, yes, i would like to be in bermuda, but on the other hand, its a bit unnerving, isnt it, to say it was on an email as well . Emma. Thats that sounds like something. Theyve obviously taken that very seriously. Yeah, it sounds like theyve taken it seriously. Its really hard because you think, oh god, im going to be stuck here for eight hours. It cant be real. But then you have to on the side of caution with these things, because what if, you know, it must be absolutely terrifying getting that kind of information and not knowing whether its, you know, bona fide or. But i thought they were i thought i thought the air Traffic Controller was actually very calm as well, because obviously theyve just been told by london. So i think well done all around, as you say, better safe than sorry. Yeah, well keep you posted on that as we have any news from it . Matthew laza. Emma woolf. Thank you so much. Thank you for your time this morning. Now, the latest headlines with darren armstrong. Its 1131. Armstrong. Its1131. Im Aaron Armstrong. Rishi sunak admitted the tories may not win the general election after damaging defeats in local polls. The Prime Minister believes the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament, with labour as the largest party. He says voters wont want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp or other small parties. Street by the snp or other small parties. Rishi sunak has described the local Election Results as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives disappointing. The conservatives lost some 470 Council Seats and the mayoral position in the West Midlands. John swinney looks set to become the next snp leader when nominations close in about half an hours time. Hes half an hours time. Hes expected to run unopposed in the race to replace humza yousaf , race to replace humza yousaf, after veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick pulled out late last night he could become scotlands next first minister, the third in just over a year. As early as tuesday, the Israeli Military is telling palestinians to evacuate rafah ahead of an expected ground offensive. Its told 100,000 residents in the east of the city to move to an expanded humanitarian zone. Now, ceasefire talks with hamas collapsed over the weekend, and the kerem shalom aid crossing has been closed overnight following a rocket attack by hamas that killed three Israeli Soldiers. The uk and other countries have warned israel against an operation in rafah. The un says the consequences would be devastating for 1. 4 Million People, and heineken is planning to reopen 62 pubs that closed this year. The Dutch Company says the investment of almost £40 million in its star pubs operation will create up to 1000 new jobs. It says the plans to refurbish more than 600 establishments will transform them from tired pubs into premium locals. Good news all round now for the latest stories you can sign up to our alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website. Or go to our website. Up at noon it is. Good afternoon britain with the best couple on gb news Patrick Christys anneliese. Mrs. Emily. What a treat Bank Holiday Bonanza bank houday Bank Holiday Bonanza Bank Holiday Bonanza. Did i just completely belittle you . Emily carver then as being nothing more than Patrick Christys . I thought you were , you know, i thought you were, you know, a top feminist and then, you know, leading me in as the mrs. Of this one. Yeah, but there you go. Its true. That is a fact. But coming up on the show, it is, of course, the first Year Anniversary of King Charless coronation. Were going to have gun salutes at the top of the 12 00, at the top of the 1 00. Were going to get some great expert guests on budget has stretched to gun salute. Is that something that weve donein is that something that weve done in the studio . Absolutely, yes. Weve swerved all the health and safety laws , and weve decided safety laws, and weve decided that were going to be firing cannons off in the studio, something ive long wanted to do to open a show. But, so were going to be doing that, and im also going to be talking about these local elections. I mean, weve got this bizarre situation taking place where youve got some incredibly fruity and i would argue, dangerous candidates whove been elected at local elections. Theyve now written 18 demands, this muslim vote group to keir starmer. Demands, this muslim vote group to keir starmer. Were getting to keir starmer. Were getting into the nitty gritty of all of this and what that means for us all. Im not sure it means anything good. Have you seen what they want . The definition of extremism that michael gove pushed through changed, amongst other things, shana changed, amongst other things, sharia introduced in certain places. But just because youve won places like, you know, just off the top of my head here, makings one up. You know, the lacey green ward in north cheshire or something. Does not give you the right to dictate government policy. Okay. And i think they need to remember what theyve actually been elected. Its very interesting what keir starmer does. Does he stand firm on his current position when it comes to gaza and the middle east, or do you think that hell feel quite a lot of pressure from some of his mps and some of his local councillors, who are saying, you know, youve got to change your tact. Well be looking into that. And also a warning, a warning. Apparently e bikes are exploding. Yeah, good. Fire chiefs are telling us, just like the cars, i hate e bikes. Theyre cheating them. Theyre cheating them. Theyre cheating them. Yeah, yeah, but i mean, there might be a slight risk that someone could be on an e bike when it explodes. And thats. Thats less good. Shouldnt have bought one in the first place. Talking of cannons and fireworks, why do you hate them . Beth . Beth . I hate those e bikes. You mean the ones that you pay for with your phone . Not the ones. Because my sons got an electric bicycle at home and i dont even like it. Well, no, you talk about those as well. Just the normal, the home owned ones or the ones that you hire on the app, the e bikes. So like any e bike, apparently i dont want to scare people here or anything like that, but the fire chiefs are now warning that they are attending about one e bike fire attending about one e bike fire a day. Wow. Well, that sounds like there might be in peoples houses in that case. Yeah, so thats in my garage. I have to go and unplug it. Then at home, if the house hasnt burnt down already. Its a really important point, but i dont like them because i think we should be doing less cycling and more driving, yeah, im with you on that. Im with you on here. Im with you on here. Im with you on here. I dont mind the cycling, just do it properly. Use your legs. Itsjust. Just do it properly. Use your legs. Its just. Yeah. People are so selfish with them. They leave them to cycle three abreast on a country road. Patrick and emily here from midday. Dont go anywhere. This is britains newsroom with bev and ben. Thank you for joining thank you forjoining us on bank thank you for joining us on bank holiday. Morning its ben and bev here with you this morning. While andrew takes a day off. Now, i wasnt ready for this may Day Bank Holiday weekend. Its Day Bank Holiday weekend. Its probably why i found myself working, because i feel like it was only january five minutes ago. It still feels like january. Looking out the window and coming to work miserable. But of course, this weekend is a time of morris dancing may queens and skipping around the maypole. Have you done much of that in your life . Ben . Ive been to a few morris dancing events. I used to go to village fetes on Bank Holidays and all the old really not sorry itake and all the old really not sorry i take that back. Not necessarily old people, but there would be morris dancers. Good. I like our traditions. Well, our south west of england reporter jeff moody explains these traditions. Now we have to celebrate them. Here he is. Celebrate them. Here he is. If may day is your thing , if may day is your thing, chances are youve heard of padstow. Thousands flock to the small Coastal Community in cornwall each year to commemorate the time the women of the town warded off spanish invaders by parading a hobby horse through the streets, pretending it was the devil. They still do it every year. Spanish invaders now replaced by a heady mix of tourists, locals and lots of real ale. I think all traditions should keep going because it is important for the kids to learn about and come up and, you know, get to know things thats happened. Its a huge date in the cornish calendar here in padstow , locals whove moved away return in their droves to catch up with friends and to welcome in the summer months as well. It looks like our system didnt know it was may day weekend as well, because im afraid we had to cut that off a little earlier. Bit of a gremlin in the system. Why dont we do some . Why dont you do some morris dancing . I will not be doing morris dancing. No. Or dancing around a maypole. But we havent been asking you to tell us what youve been doing at home this weekend. A lot of you are in the garden, but isnt it raining out there today . Certainly was. When i came in. And as i said, it feels like winter. Still, im going to go on a rant now. Ive had enough of this weather. Where is the sun . Wheres the Global Warming we were promised . Thats what we want to know. But i said that to jim dale, our resident climate fanatic, and he says this is climate change, apparently, emissions are so high that were getting lots of rain. So one minute its Global Warming, the next its. Well, cloud and rain now, cool dip has got in touch and said, bev, im a fan. Thank you. But how could you say that ethnic minorities would vote for sadiq khan as a member of the so called ethnic minority . I would never for vote him. I dont mean that in terms of a sweeping generalisation called dip. Itsjust sweeping generalisation called dip. Its just statistically labour predominantly we have the minority ethnic. Yeah, i think youre a bit of a unique case there. I mean, im not saying its just you, but generally the majority would vote for khan. Its shown in the in the data. Yeah, and also we were talking about the royals and john has said, i take it bev, you wont be taking the new anticancer vaccine when its available. Can we just talk available. Can we just talk about the fact that theyve completely changed the definition of a vaccine . You have to have had cancer in the first place to have this. Its another treatment injection. Lets just talk about the fact that that definition has gone completely. Now from what we all grew up knowing, and, and sheila has said, is it correct that muslims are demanding keir starmer goes along with their list of demands, since lots of muslims were voted as councillors in the elections . Well, emily and patrick are going to be talking about that from 12 00. Sheila. Yes, these demands are there and he will he will cave to some of them, guaranteed. Sir keir starmer, if theres any risk of a Hung Parliament or losing, you know, even more of the muslim vote at the election proper, the general election , proper, the general election, then, yes, he will cave to it. And if you ask me, its sinister asking for the introduction of shana asking for the introduction of sharia in some places, demanding that the definition of extremism is changed. I mean, yeah, pollyanna says, i dont actually care what colour our next mp is, but i am bothered by what faith they are. Bothered by what faith they are. Interesting. Gareth says, tell , interesting. Gareth says, tell, he wants to tell us. Im cooking a lovely, juicy t bone steak smothered in onions and dripping cooked chips, followed by apple pie and custard. Sounds a bit early for that. Its not even midday. Ive not had any breakfast yet, though im sure you havent ehhen yet, though im sure you havent either. Me neither. And also, funny how a lot of people, are mentioning postal voting fraud on hear you right, ken. They are. A lot of you are saying that on here. We havent mentioned it because i dont think theres any evidence. Theres no evidence, is there, of postal fraud, voting, postal . No. But nigel farage i mean, certainly not over the weekend, but nigel farage has long said that one of the biggest or perhaps the biggest threat to democracy in this country is postal votes. You had it in tower hamlets. The independent chap who was convicted a couple of years back. Its happened in of years back. Its happened in some other places as well, and it happens more predominantly in america as well. One more very quick comment, bev, john says ben is so lucky he presents me with bev. Im going to go out and buy a bottle of bevs perfume. What is it ben . I can then do a benji impression. Whats your perfume . I had a perfume that i wore for 20 years and then they stopped it. It was dolce gabbana. I was heartbroken, so now ive just got some Christian Dior thing. Nice. You smell nice, too. I did notice now the s p leadership decline deadline s p leadership decline deadline s p leadership decline deadline s p leadership declined. You can see that freudian slip. The see that freudian slip. The deadune see that freudian slip. The deadline for the leadership is in 15 minutes. Im sure youre on the edge of your seats. Well, at the moment theres only gb news. Right. Lets go north of the border where john swinney looks set to become the next snp leader. When nominations close at midday. But what does this mean for scotlands political commentator and former snp member Stuart Crawford joins us now. Stuart good morning. Give us the lowdown on john swinney. Us the lowdown on john swinney. Who is he. Is he as worse as humza yousaf. Humza yousaf. Well, thats yeah, a very leading question , john swinney leading question, john swinney is one of the old guard in the snp, and, we should recall that he has been party leader. Before in the period 2000 to 2004, where he presided over three elections, one scottish, one, uk westminster and one european one, and the snp lost ground in all of those. So that gives you some sort of idea of what his next tenure might be like , and next tenure might be like, and how popular is he amongst the voters there . Stuart . Stuart . Stuart . Well, thats a difficult one really, because in many ways hes the only option for the snp at the moment, bar, kate forbes, who i think has got the broadest electoral appeal of all the potential snp, leaders, but the party is riven within with all sorts of different , factions sorts of different, factions and, and ideologies , and forbes and, and ideologies, and forbes is effectively being barred , is effectively being barred, from leading the snp by a fairly powerful cabal which is centred around, Nicola Sturgeon and her her close colleagues, where did it all go wrong for the snp . Because, you know, they were once cream of the crop up in scotland. Was it the gender recognition act . The the, you know, rather insane and inane hate crime bill. What happened . Yes. I think that the in recent history the party adopted a series of unpopular and unworkable policies which they tried to bring into law through acts of through the scottish parliament, some of which were foisted upon them by their coalition partners, the scottish greens. But long term. I would say that the demise of the snp started when alex salmond resigned in the wake of the failed 2014 independence referendum , which was lost by referendum, which was lost by not a huge margin but was convincingly lost by the snp and he stood down immediately and i think probably with, perfect hindsight, 2020 hindsight vision, that was the mistake. And that was the beginning of the downward slope, how closely have scottish politicians been watching the mayoral and local elections this weekend . Do you think , stuart . Think, stuart . Well, i think theyll have kept a close eye on whats going on south of the border , if only on south of the border, if only because in many ways, the snp government in edinburgh is now reflecting whats going on in westminster with, rishi sunaks, government , its an unpopular government, its an unpopular government, its an unpopular government looking , not looking government looking, not looking forward at all to the next general election, which will be very shortly, and looking at dramatic losses in seats, etc, etc. So i think therell be, i think therell be very interested yesterday, the sunday times ran a poll on Westminster Voting intentions in scotland, which suggested that the snp might lose up to 28 of its current 43 westminster held seats, which would be a dramatic downfall. All right, Stuart Crawford, really appreciate you being with us. Thank really appreciate you being with us. Thank you so much. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for scottish independence, is it with the snp . I mean, they seem totally incompetent and maybe more. Thank you for your company this morning. Our inbox was very busy , lovely to have you here as busy, lovely to have you here as well, ben. Andrew pierce will be back at 930 with me tomorrow morning, and i will be sitting in for Michelle Dewberry at 6 00 this afternoon as well. Now though, here is good afternoon, britain, with patrick. It is indeed. Britain, with patrick. It is indeed. And today with it is indeed. And today with Patrick Christys. One day only. Weve got a lot to bring you. It is, of course, one year since the kings coronation. Weve got a couple of gun salutes, royal gun salutes to bring you at 12 and 1 00. So stay tuned for that. Yes. Good news for the king in the old royal popularity stakes as well. Also, were going to be talking about some, in my view, quite dangerous people whove been elected at the local elections. Some people the local elections. Some people have now issued keir starmer with a list of demands from the muslim vote. So were going to be talking about whether or not he should listen to that. Also, rumours of a Hung Parliament, what does that really mean . Would that make you happy or otherwise . Otherwise . And e bikes, fire chiefs are warning us all that your e bike could essentially explode. So well get the lowdown on that. How risky are these e bikes . Talking of talking of exploding things as well, weve got some astonishing audio for you from a pilot who just found out that there was a bomb threat on board his plane. How would you react in that situation . But make sure you get in touch with us. We will see you in a couple of minutes. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news forecast through Bank Holiday Monday. Its rather wet. Therell be some heavy thundery showers in places, but there will be some warm sunshine. Thats thanks to an area of low pressure. But its all changed through the week ahead. High pressure is going to build in for much of the country, bringing some dry weather with some warm spells of sunshine back to the rest of Bank Holiday Monday. Some heavy downpours across south east england that could lead to some local disruption. Elsewhere, sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. Some slow moving hail and thunder in there too. Met Office Warnings in force. Cloudier and drier for northern ireland. Northern scotland in the sunshine, temperatures again approaching 19 or 20 celsius under the cloud around 14 or 15 degrees. Thunderstorms start to ease through the evening time. Still some rain affecting southeast england, which could be heavy at times, but into the early hours it gradually pulls away overnight. Its largely dry. There could be some drizzle in the thicker clouds , some low in the thicker clouds, some low cloud, mist and murk developing as well. Temperatures generally holding up well above freezing, but a grey start to tuesday. Low cloud, mist and fog slowly lifting and breaking. And then through the day. Yes, therell be quite a lot of cloud, but it will brighten up as the day goes on. There will be some sunny spells that develop, but where the sunshine develops, particularly in the south, we could again see some heavy showers developing here. Temperatures approaching 20 celsius further north around the mid teens. That warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello and welcome to a very special good afternoon, britain with me emily carver. Im me Patrick Christys. And it is the anniversary of one of the most momentous days in british history. The coronation of king charles the third. Yes. This time last year, the nafion this time last year, the nation was still coming to terms with the sad passing of her majesty Queen Elizabeth the second and holding its breath as that iconic gold carriage carrying our new monarch headed towards westminster abbey. Well we are about to bring you gun salutes in celebration of the coronation, with 41 volleys fired at noon , which is all fired at noon, which is all about a minute and a half away by the kings troop, royal horse artillery from green park. Well take that live, and one hour later the Honourable Artillery Company will fire a 62 gun salute from tower wharf. An extra 21 for the city of london. Now, gun salutes will also take place. Here we are. I think were just going to take this live. Actually, it looks as though they are about to start firing. So this is this is green park, isnt it . In central london. And they are going to be delivering a gun salute in honour of the kings coronation. Gosh do you remember this time last year we were geanng this time last year we were gearing up for it, werent we . We were on the mall doing shows live from the mall, walking up and down there, and its been fantastic. And were going to get a few memories, arent we, of you down there by the palace , speaking to there by the palace, speaking to members of the public, speaking to gb news viewers and listeners there. So were just holding our breath now for that gun salute to mark the one Year Anniversary of the kings coronation and one of the kings coronation and one of the kings coronation and one of the big standout stars apart from the king of course, from his coronation, was penny morden. Wasnt she . That iconic dress and the sword carrying. Im actually going to be speaking to her later on 9 to 11 pm. This evening, but weve got a couple of little clips to bring you over the course of this show as well. Were going to be speaking to a whole host of royal experts. Good news for the king, though, as we await this gun salute live from green park in the royal popularity polls because his popularity and that of the monarchy has gone up, which is, i think , a good thing, which is, i think, a good thing, especially considering that weve got the republicans out in force today as well. And on the royal familys twitter page , theyve asked twitter page, theyve asked everyone what their favourite memory of the weekend is, so to share that on social media. So theyre asking everyone in the country to remember a specific memory. Oh the guns have started. If youre listening on radio and well just fall silent, i think, and take this for you live here from green park with the gun salute okay, okay, so. Yes, this is the gun salute from green park, the one Year Anniversary of the kings coronation. This is a 41 salute. There we go. It feels like its been a massive year for the royal family, doesnt it . I mean, Goodness Gracious me. The mean, Goodness Gracious me. The king is saying that he wanted it to be relatively understated as opposed. This is, by royal opposed. This is, by royal standards, relatively